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y J ay rrrmrm TT frv UWUft Vol. 44, No. 15 Lincoln 8, Befuddled Council Uncovers Mew Snag Belated realization that the Student Council has no power to abolish political parties on the campus as long as the parties have accepted platforms channeled Wed nesday's council meeting into a new strait of muddled dis cussion. Last week's plans submerged in the onslaught of more stormy and constitutional topics, attention was turned to setting up requirements for the recognition of parties by the council. The sole official action taken during the meeting was the appointment of Jeanne Rotton to uncover the basis on which parties have been recognized in former years and that of Roberta Collins to search thru the library files of the Nebraskan for the last q the C0Uncil, Janet Mason said published platforms of the Barb and Union platforms. These two reports will be presented at a closed meeting of the council Monday afternoon. Fellman Present. Summarizing the closed meeting held preceding the regular session AWS Holds Frosh Mart On Activities Marking the close of the six week freshman quarantine, the annual activity mart for first year students will be held in the Union ballroom Saturday from 2 to 4 p. m. "The mart is to give freshmen a final chance to survey all activi ties on the campus and to sign up for them," said Dorothy Carnahan, president of AWS, the organiza tion which is sponsoring the mart. Third Frosh Restriction. This is the third year that fresh men participation in activities has been restricted by AWS rules for the first six weeks of the semester. Freshmen will be allowed to en ter activities on Monday. The mart, however, is an annual af fair. "Each organization and hono rary will have its own booth where the members will explain membership and participation in the group and where freshmen (See AWS, Pare 8) All-University Fund Drive Total Climbs Over Top in Cash Donation and Pledges AUF drive climbed over the top yesterday to end the week and a half long drive with a total of $2,384.25 in cash and about $300 promised in student and organ ization pledges. The campaign for $2,400 to be distributed among the World Student Service Fund, Ne- braskans For Servicemen, and the National War Fund, got off to a slow start but picked up during the Ur! four days to inch over the goal. Approximately $2,000 of the to tal up to Thursday had been given by city campus students, $250 by ag students and $215 by campus organizations. Several organized houses contributed 100 percent. Pledres Expected. Jan Engle, AUF treasurer, re Don't Forget . . ffiCDMffiCDOMMIEKG DDAEJCC TT Nebraska October 20 it was the council's opinion that besides being unconstitutional, the plan for revising parties would be uneffective because the natural split in campus politics is between the Barbs and Greeks and would crop up regardless of legislation. Also pointed out was the theory that primaries would double the chances for block voting and not aleviate the problem. David Fell man, professor of political science, was present at the closed meeting. Under the heading of unfinished business come several subjects which were lost in the scuffling of the main debate. Yet to be acted upon are a plan to recognize factions if the members submit democratic election plans to the council; the jurisdiction to which Pan-Hellenic is entitled; and the third political party now being formed on the campus. Student Health Question. Prior to the political eruption Jean Larsen in reporting the Stu dent Health department investiga tion, suggested the distribution among the students of a ques tionnaire on the effectiveness of the department's work. Election of this year's pep queen will be held Thursday, Oct. 26. The question of spring vacation now rests in the hands of the university administrative council. Bill Sakayama read a letter from Chancellor C. S. Boucher which pointed out that if a spring va cation is authorized, the date of commencement must be changed. The" fate of the vacation will be decided at the next meeting of the administrative council. ported that a few campus organ izations are waiting until meet ings scheduled for next week to pledge and that the remainder of the student pledges will be col lected before the end of No vember. Margaret Beede, AUF director, stated upon conclusion of the drive, "We are very pleased with the success of the drive and ap preciate the co-operation of the staff and all the students." Abel Solicits. Alice Abel was head solicitor for the first semester campaign assisted by Edith Pumphry ind Catherine Curley, ag solicitors. Barbara Griswold was in charge of all students' solicitations lor Basie Givens Orchestra Plays For 1944 Homecoming Dance Stepping out of obscurity for the first time at the Homecoming dance Oct. 28 will be one of five Tassels chosen by that organiza tion to vie for the title of 1944 Pep Queen. The student body will have an opportunity to select the queen at a general election to be held Thursday, Oct. 26. Of the 30 names submitted by the Tassels, honorary women's pep organization, Monica Ann Al berty, Leslie Jean Glotfelty, Midge Holtzscherer, Suzanne Pope, and Jackie Scott received the highest number of votes and are the can didates. Basie Givens Plays. Basie Givens' band, which has played at several local dances in the past, will furnish the music for the Homecoming dance at the Other Schools Inquire Of UN Student Union At the Student Union board of managers meeting Thursday, Oct. 19, union director Pat Lahr an nounced that in the past month there have 'been inquiries about the Student Union from many schools including the University of Oregon, Kansas State, Kearney Teachers College, and Southern Methodist University. Miss Lahr reDorted that, with reeard to the success of collabora tion between Unions and the mili tary authorities throughout the country, Nebraska has been sup ported, through Col. P. J. Mur phy's co-operation, in a manner financially seldom duplicated on any other campus. During the summer the Union fed 340 men and rented its ball room each weekend to the Lin- colnettes, in the midst of a com plete cleaning and extensive painting job. At the request of the Union, the City Health De partment inspected the catering department and submitted a Grade A rating. The activities committee of the Union Board decided that each student would be entitled to one guest card at the bi-monthly uances to admit friends or rela tives who were not UN students. Solicitors Report All AL'F solicitors who have not turned in money should do so this afternoon between 3 and 5 in the Nebraskan office. those students living oft campus Pat Carton headed - the clerical staff and Betty Huston served as publicity director. Treasurer for the campaign was Jan Engle, who was assisted by Phyllis Teagarden. Prof. Curtis Elliott is faculty advisor. In reviewing the drive, Miss Beede stated that the organiza tion of the campaign had proved satisfactory in that the majority of the students had contributed and no one group was forced to carry the burden of the donations. Contributing organizations were, YWCA, Mortar Board, War Council, AWS, and Tassels, $30 each; Coed Counselors, and The Nebraskan, $25 each; home ec club, $10, and 4-H club, $5. A picture of the five 1944 Pep Queen candidates will ap pear in Sunday's Nebraskan. Coliseum. The new Pep Queen will be revealed during intermis sion and will be presented to the dancers by Yell King Bernie Urich and the 1943 queen, Peggy Lar son. Miss Larson will reign over the Homecoming game and will take the traditional turn around the field to greet the crowd at half time. Present Prizes. Homecoming decoration cups will be presented to the winning houses immediately preceding ap pearance of the Pep Queen. r Union Plans First Juke Box Dance Popular in former years, ac cording to Pat Lahr, the first juke box dance for servicemen and ci vilians will be held in the Union ballroom tonight from 9 until 11:30 p. m. These dances have always been a weekly affair in past years. Service Paper Goes to 1700 Ex-Students Nebraskans for Servicemen, one of UN's most important war work projects, is celebrating its first anniversary this week. Begun in the fall of 1943, this brainchild of the War Council now comes out twice a month and goes to UN servicemen and women all over the world. The paper is made up from the most important news stories, feat ures and columns appearing in the regular Nebraskan. The serv icemen's paper contains no adver tising and is distributed free of charge to any former student now in the service. This year's second edition, which came out this week, will be mailed to approxi mately 1,700 former students both in this country and overseas. For many alumni the servicemen's Ne braskan is the only contact with their former alma mater. AUF Finances Paper. Financed by the A-University Fund, the paper depends for sup port on student contributions. During tbe first year of its pub lication, the Nebraskan financed (See SERVICE, Pare 8) UN Pub Board Meets Monday To Fill Posts Publications board members will meet Monday at 4 p. m. in the Journalism office to elect three new members of the Nebraskan staff. Two vacancies left by the resig nation of staff members have to be filled and a society editor elected. Mary Jarrell resigned this week to go to work for the Grand Island Independent and J. P. Miller gave up his sports editor's post when he was called into the service. Applications for the positions should be filed by 5 p. m. today in the journalism office. All candidates for Pep Queen are juniors except Miss Scott who is a sophomore, cheerleader, on the Cornhusker staff, a Coed Counselor and member of Alpha Chi Omega. Miss Alberty is a member of the Coed Counselor board, treasurer of the home eco nomics club and a member of the ag student-faculty council. Tassel secretary, WAA treas urer, and Nebraskan news editor are the activities of Miss Glot felty. She is affiliated with Pi Beta Phi. Midge Holtzscherer is a member of the WAA, YW and AWS boards and is chairman of the ag student-faculty council. Suzanne Pope handles Tassel publicity, is president of the Lin coln Youth Council, secretary of Coed Counselors and on the YW staff. City Churches Plan Activities For Weekend Plans for church activities this Sunday were announced by the pastors of the student churches and include many student func tions. Lutheran: Lutheran students will assemble for the regular chapel service at 10:45 a. m. Sun day in room 315 of the Union. Holy communion will be observed in this service and those who wish to participate are requested to register with Rev. Mr. Erck be fore the service. The title of the sermon will be: "Many Are Called, But Few Are Chosen." Miss Charlotte Filter will accom pany the hymns. Presbyterian: The regular Sun day meeting will be held at 5:30 and Anne Wellensiek, president of the YW, will tell of her experi ences at the Lisle Fellowship con ference held in Colorado this summer. A supper will be held at 6:30 and 25 cents will be charged. All Presbyterian stu dents are invited to attend. Methodist: The student program will be held at the Saint Paul church at 6:30 Sunday evening. The topic, "Am I Getting An Education," will be discussed by a student panel consisting of Bob Carey, Lillian Butler, Mildred Pogue, Bob Thompson and Irma Lou Fisher. A fellowship lunch will be served at 5:30. The morn ing service at 10:00 will have as its subject, "Christian Attitude Toward Happiness." Baptist: Nelton Friesenborg will lead the Sunday evening service to be held at 7:00. Rev. Ruben Trickey, pastor of the Vine Con gregational church, will be the guest speaker and will talk on "The Amateur Spirit." A social hour at the Baptist Student Cen ter will be held following the meeting. Episcopalian: The holy com munion service will be held at 3:30 a. m. and the 11 a. m. serv ice will include the choral eucha rist and sermon. The services will be held in the University Epis copal church at 13th and R. UN Men Meet All men on campus are in vited to a mass meeting: Tues day, October 4, at 7:30 in the YMCA lounge, Temple. Laslinp for an hour, the meeting will consist of a discussion of issues in the political campaign. Af terwards free cider and dough nuts will be served. Sat., Oct. 28 Coliseum